light money
English edit
Etymology edit
From light (noun) + money (noun).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: lītʹmŭn'(ē)
Noun edit
light money (usually uncountable, plural light moneys or light monies)
- Money levied for the maintenance of lighthouses; light dues.
References edit
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “light-money”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3449.